Make the elected accountable
Boston Globe
by Chris Gabrieli
08/29/06
In the business world, if you have an idea but no plan to pay for it, you get laughed out of the room. If you make a promise you can't keep, there are consequences. If you ultimately fail to produce results, you lose your job. That's how businesses create accountability. I believe elected officials should be held equally accountable for getting results. In a recent television ad, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey says 'I'll be in there fighting every day to protect your money.' Yet since 2002, residential property taxes are up 32 percent, fees are up, critical government services have been cut, and, despite all the campaign promises, the income tax hasn't moved an inch...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Chris Gabrieli
08/29/06
In the business world, if you have an idea but no plan to pay for it, you get laughed out of the room. If you make a promise you can't keep, there are consequences. If you ultimately fail to produce results, you lose your job. That's how businesses create accountability. I believe elected officials should be held equally accountable for getting results. In a recent television ad, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey says 'I'll be in there fighting every day to protect your money.' Yet since 2002, residential property taxes are up 32 percent, fees are up, critical government services have been cut, and, despite all the campaign promises, the income tax hasn't moved an inch...
http://tinyurl.com/lpwbz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 30. Aug, 14:33
